“About 20% of households with veterans rely upon” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.”
What PolitiFact found
An April 2 study found that 8% of U.S. veterans rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, sometimes referred to as food stamps. No state had a share higher than 14%.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Hakeem Jeffries (House Minority Leader) made this claim around 8 May 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 May 2025, 4 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Hakeem Jeffries has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJD3dby1PNw&t=539s
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